Giving Help Quotes

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Booker T. Washington

Happiness, Helping Others, Compassion

Booker T. Washington (2016). “Up from Slavery”, p.41, Open Road Media

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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There is no time like the present.

Georgia Byng

Helping Others, Making A Difference, Volunteerism

Georgia Byng (2009). “Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time-Travel Adventure”, p.113, Pan Macmillan

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When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self - giving is a personal power - releasing factor.

Norman Vincent Peale

Inspirational, Courage, Power

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Positive Principle Today”, p.168, Simon and Schuster

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The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Nelson Henderson

Inspirational, Life, Graduation

"Under Whose Shade". Book by Wesley Henderson, 1982.

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Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.

Mother Teresa

Helping Others, Love Is, Hands

Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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Give, but give until it hurts.

Mother Teresa

Inspirational, Inspiring, Hurt

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Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

Mother Teresa

Helping Others, Charity, Pity

Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Edmund Burke

Life, Courage, Time

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Love, Inspirational, Life

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Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Norman MacEwen

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Mahatma Gandhi

Encouragement, Freedom, Business

"The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

William James

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Positive, Success

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Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.

Mother Teresa

Self Esteem, Helping Others, Numbers

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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love, Inspirational, Life

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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

John Bunyan

Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Albert Einstein's letter to his son Eduard (February 5, 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson "Einstein: His Life and Universe" (p. 367), 2007.

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If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Mother Teresa

Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Khalil Gibran

Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

Lucy Larcom

Inspirational, Adversity, Caring

LUCY LARCOM (1869). “POEMS”, p.186

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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Muhammad Ali

Basketball, Kindness, Fighting

Twitter post from May 26, 2010

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